Star Wars 1313 Announced

UPDATE: LucasArts confirmed tonight that this game is indeed a whole new Star Wars gaming franchise taking advantage of the Unreal Engine. All that is known at this point is that the game will be a mature game where the player controls a Bounty Hunter working to unravel a criminal conspiracy in the under levels of the galactic capital planet of Coruscant. What’s even more interesting is that the game is being developed by multiple different components of the Lucas Empire, including LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic, Skywalker Sound and Lucasfilm Animation. While little is known at this point, it sounds like this game has promise, and I for one will be following it with interest. Stay tuned next week for more details at E3!

ORIGINAL POST: According to the official Star Wars Facebook page, a major announcement will be made on Spike on May 31st regarding Star Wars Gaming. The announcement will be fully fleshed out at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) the following week. Here is the official post:

“Riddle:

What is something that will be announced by Spike, fully unveiled at the E3 Expo, and has to do with Star Wars gaming?

The answer to the riddle will be yours – tune into Spike this May 31st at 10pm PST.”